BND - Selma Blair charged with assault after flight incident

🗞️ Story file #381

Selma Blair charged with assault after flight incident

Oct 12, 4 PM ET to Oct 15, 1 PM ET

27outlets carried it
🫏11 · 5 · 11🐘left · center · right
2.9 dayson the front pages
27front pages at once, at its peak
50 minof TV captions
2radio newscasts

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 12, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: Rolling Stone
Oct 12, 4 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 12, 5 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 13, 11 AM ETpeak: on 27 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 12, 4 PM to Oct 15, 1 PM ET (peak 27), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 3 outlets ran the AP headline nearly word for word (Chicago Tribune, PBS NewsHour, The Washington Times)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “severe confusion” “Medical Emergency” “severe confusion and disorientation” “unruly behavior”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 flight attendant 🐘 second-degree assault

✏️ 9 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (4 wordings): “Selma Blair arrested after alleged altercation on Delta flight” → “Selma Blair faces potential federal charges after arrest”
AP (4 wordings): “FBI issues actor Selma Blair a summons accusing her of assaults aboard a plane, AP source says” → “Selma Blair accused of attacking 2 flight attendants and assaulting a police officer and nurse - AP News”
Fox News (3 wordings): “Selma Blair arrested onboard flight into New York City, allegedly attacked flight crew” → “Selma Blair seen leaving court after allegedly biting flight attendant, injuring others”
NBC News (2 wordings): “Cockpit audio describes alleged assault between Selma Blair and flight attendants” → “Selma Blair taken into custody after being physically abusive on Delta flight, officials say”
New York Post (5 wordings): “exclusive Delta blasts Selma Blair for ‘unruly behavior’ after mid-flight biting incident” → “On Monday, Blair entered a not guilty plea after being charged with two counts of second-degree assault.”
Rolling Stone (2 wordings): “Selma Blair Arrested After 'Medical Emergency' Led to Physical Altercation on Flight” → “Selma Blair Charged with Second-Degree Assault Following Plane Incident, Released on $20,000 Bail 3 hours ago”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Actress Selma Blair Arrested After Alleged Assault on Flight to New York” → “Selma Blair Pleads Not Guilty to Second-Degree Assault Charges, Released on $20,000 Bail”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Selma Blair arrested at JFK after she allegedly attacked flight attendants” → “Selma Blair charged with assault of police officer and nurse after allegedly attacking flight attendants”
The Post Millennial (2 wordings): “Selma Blair arrested for hitting, biting Delta flight attendant, passenger after trying to open plane door mid-flight” → “Selma Blair missed meds, in state of 'severe confusion' when she attacked, bit flight attendants on JFK-bound flight: lawyer”

Every outlet's first headline (27), left to right by AllSides rating

Rolling Stone Selma Blair Arrested After 'Medical Emergency' Led to Physical Altercation on Flight Oct 12, 4 PM ET
The Guardian Selma Blair arrested at JFK after she allegedly attacked flight attendants Oct 12, 5 PM ET
ABC News Selma Blair arrested after alleged altercation on Delta flight Oct 12, 4 PM ET
AP FBI issues actor Selma Blair a summons accusing her of assaults aboard a plane, AP source says Oct 12, 5 PM ET
CBS News Selma Blair arrested after allegedly biting flight attendant Oct 12, 4 PM ET
Los Angeles Times Selma Blair arrested, accused of injuring flight crew Oct 12, 4 PM ET
NBC News Cockpit audio describes alleged assault between Selma Blair and flight attendants Oct 12, 9 PM ET
PBS NewsHour Selma Blair taken into custody in New York after an alleged assault on a flight Oct 12, 5 PM ET
The Independent Selma Blair arrested after alleged plane meltdown where she bit a flight attendant: report Oct 12, 4 PM ET
USA Today Selma Blair arrested after alleged violent outburst on flight Oct 12, 3 PM ET
Yahoo News Selma Blair appears emotional in court as lawyer explains what led to flight altercation Oct 13, 1 AM ET
Chicago Tribune Selma Blair arrested after alleged assault on flight, charged with kicking officer and nurse after Oct 12, 9 PM ET
News Nation Selma Blair arrested after allegedly trying to open plane door Oct 12, 6 PM ET
Scripps News Crime Selma Blair taken into custody in NY after alleged assault on Delta flight Oct 12, 5 PM ET
Straight Arrow News Selma Blair faces federal assault charges after incident on Delta flight Oct 13, 7 AM ET
The Hill Selma Blair taken into custody, hospitalized after allegedly trying to open plane door Oct 12, 6 PM ET
The Epoch Times Actress Selma Blair Arrested After Alleged Assault on Flight to New York Oct 13, 8 AM ET
The Washington Times Selma Blair arrested, accused of attacking 2 flight attendants and assaulting police officer Oct 13, 12 AM ET
Washington Examiner Selma Blair arrested: Actress accused of biting flight attendant on Delta plane Oct 12, 5 PM ET
Breitbart Selma Blair Arrested after Violent 'Medical Emergency' on Delta Flight Oct 12, 7 PM ET
Fox News Selma Blair arrested onboard flight into New York City, allegedly attacked flight crew Oct 12, 3 PM ET
IJR Selma Blair Reportedly Arrested After Midair Door Attempt Oct 12, 4 PM ET
New York Post exclusive Delta blasts Selma Blair for ‘unruly behavior’ after mid-flight biting incident Oct 12, 4 PM ET
The Blaze Selma Blair allegedly bit flight attendant and tried to open door on Delta flight Oct 13, 6 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit Hollywood Actress Selma Blair Arrested For Biting and Punching Flight Crew, Trying to Open Plane Door Mid-flight (PILOT AUDIO) Oct 12, 4 PM ET
The Post Millennial Selma Blair arrested for hitting, biting Delta flight attendant, passenger after trying to open plane door mid-flight Oct 13, 11 AM ET
The Western Journal Actress Selma Blair Arrested After Alleged Violent Incident on Flight Oct 12, 8 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN31 min

Fox News17 min

BBC News2 min

ACTRESS SELMA BLAIR CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER DISTURBANCE ON PLANE CNN, 5 min
SELMA BLAIR'S ATTORNEY: ACTRESS “EXPERIENCED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY" CNN, 5 min
BLAIR'S ATTORNEY: "SHE WAS IN THE GRIP OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY" CNN, 4 min
SELMA BLAIR FACING ASSAULT CHARGES FOLLOWING PLANE INCIDENT CNN, 4 min
SELMA BLAIR ACCUSED OF ATTACKING 2 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND ASSAULTING AN OFFICER AND NURSE Fox News, 3 min
ACTRESS SELMA BLAIR CHARGED WITH ASSAULT FOR KICKING OFFICER, NURSE CNN, 2 min
SELMA BLAIR FACES ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER OUTBURST ON DELTA FLIGHT THAT INJURED TWO CREW MEMBERS Fox News, 2 min
US actor Selma Blair arrested after alleged attack BBC News, 2 min

📻 On the radio

ABC News Update, Oct 13, 7:32 AM ET: story 2 of 3
ABC News Update, Oct 12, 5:32 PM ET: story 3 of 3

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ The Megyn Kelly Show 🎙️ CNN 5 Things

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Selma Blair Delta New York City

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.

Selma Blair charged with assault after flight incident

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